$10,500,000 Settlement - Police Shooting Wrongful Death

The law firm of Romanucci & Blandin today announced a $10.5 million settlement with Elk Grove Village and four of its police officers for the December 1, 2023, shooting death of Jack, a 24-year-old man killed by Elk Grove police while he was in a mental health crisis. To the firm’s knowledge, it is the largest reported settlement in a civil suit in Illinois for a police shooting in which the person killed was not a bystander.

Romanucci & Blandin filed the civil lawsuit in May 2024. Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci and Senior Attorneys Joshua M. Levin and Benjamin A. Berkman represented Jack’s mother, Donna Murray, as administrator of his estate. Other members of the case team include Attorney Colton M. Johnson Taylor and paralegals Dana Kondos and Houston Ward.

The case settled through mediation led by Judge Kay M. Hanlon (Ret.) of ADR Systems in May 2026, and the Elk Grove Village Board approved the settlement on June 16, 2026.